NTSB investigations: Raven Industries S-66A

5 cases on aircraft the registry lists as Raven Industries S-66A, where the first occurrence was “Hard landing”. Aircraft are matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model, so older matches can be wrong.

Cases per year

19822026
NTSB investigations: Raven Industries S-66A per year, 1982–2026: 5 cases
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duckdb -csv -c "SELECT c.\"ntsbNumber\", c.\"eventDate\", c.\"eventType\", c.\"eventCity\", c.\"eventStateOrRegion\", a.n_number, a.\"aircraftMake\", a.\"aircraftModel\", c.\"highestInjuryLevel\", c.\"totalFatal\", c.\"completionStatus\", c.report_url
  FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_case_detail.parquet' c LEFT JOIN 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' a ON a.case_mkey = c.\"mKey\" AND a.position = 1
  WHERE c.\"mKey\" IN (SELECT x.case_mkey FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_aircrafts.parquet' x WHERE x.aircraft_model_code IN ('7480612')
      AND EXISTS (SELECT 1 FROM 'https://openairdocs.org/data/latest/ntsb_occurrences.parquet' o WHERE o.case_mkey = x.case_mkey AND o.aircrafts_position = x.position AND o.\"occurrenceNumber\" = 1 AND o.\"occurrenceCode\" = 200))
  ORDER BY c.\"eventDate\" DESC, c.\"ntsbNumber\" DESC"

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NTSB FTW96LA176Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-66A · San Antonio, TXThe pilot's inadequate briefing of his passengers. A factor was the high wind.Apr 20, 1996 · N2814D · No damageNTSB CHI87LA034Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-66A · Baldwin, WIWhile landing, the passengers were instructed to stay to the side of the basket and hold on. However, one passenger moved toward the center of the basket and hit a video camera with her leg. During the occurrence, her leg was fractured between the knee and…Nov 2, 1986 · N4196N · No damageNTSB NYC85LA024Accident · No injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven S-66A · Little Compton, RIPlt brushed basket against tree tops and bushes to slow the balloons forward speed. Plt pulled deflation port aprx 10 ft AGL over a mown hay field with an 8-10 mph horizontal, 100 fpm vertical speed. Basket bounced and gust of wind caught deflating envelope…Sep 30, 1984 · N4272Y · Substantial damageNTSB LAX83LA170Accident · Serious injuriesLimited investigationFinal reportRaven AX-9 · Mesa, AZAccording to the plt, there was no wind when he began the sight-seeing flt; however, after takeoff, the wind steadily increased to aprx 12 KTS. By this time, the balloon was approaching a large green field, so he elected to land rather than take a chance of…Mar 15, 1983 · N5714B · No damageNTSB NYC82DHD14Accident · Serious injuriesFinal reportRaven S-66A · Washington Town, NJThe pilot reported that moments after initial ground contact (during landing), a passenger reported that he thought his leg had fractured. The passenger reported that the fracture occurred after initial impact, when another passenger leaned or stepped on his…Jun 20, 1982 · N57023 · Minor damage